2023 painting

This is a diverse selection of abstract paintings, mostly on paper. They continue the free and prolific output that covid isolation forced me to ‘negotiate’ while continuing to experiment and observe using abstract and minimalist enquiries.

A pencil drawing of an organic section of vine in light blue with a pink watercolour background.
Vine Segment 60x42cm
Drawn Out Painting 45x65cm
Two framed abstract acrylic paintings as diptych
Two A2 Paintings from Articulate Group Exhibition
An abstract painting featuring four vertical light grey stripes enclosed in a painted red frame on a grey background.
Stripes on Paper 30x42cm
6 vertical grey watercolour stripes with varying textures and shades, with an acrylic painted light beige background.
Stripes 42x30cm
Four white brushstroke marks on a brown background, resembling claw or talon marks.
Untitled10 110x95mm
A set of eight small digital prints in a variety of flat grey tones, featuring intricate lines and patterns scratched with various implements revealing the white base paper.
Set of Scratched Digital Prints using Pocket Photos each 110x95mm
A drawing featuring a leaf surrounded by abstract shapes and lines in muted colours. The textured background is covered in earthy tones from natural dyes.
The Beginning Ended 21x30cm
A textured art piece featuring four A4 papers using abstract organic shapes made with pink watercolour and brown staining patterns from natural dyes.
Set of A4 papers using natural dyes and watercolour
A4 abstract watercolour painting with irregular shapes and textures using washy shades of red and earthy colour from natural dyes.
Random Chance 29.7x21cm
An abstract artwork featuring a blue grey shape, surrounded by black charcoal marks and orange strokes on a washy beige background.
Natural Dyes and Water Colour 30x40cm
Abstract oil painting featuring irregular geometric shapes in shades of blue, with a few yellow and dark features.
Random Abstract on 30x42cm paper
An abstract artwork featuring with prominent grey and white shapes on a background of yellow and red.
Potential 30x42cm
Abstract artwork featuring earthy tones that highlight the circular concrete saw. Centred in this is a pink drawing of vine segment, in the background are additional drawn shapes complementing the composition.
Concrete Saw Vine Drawing 35x27cm
An abstract artwork featuring the prominent circular shape of a concrete saw with a smaller softer disk shape above. These are layered with natural dye textures in brown and cream.
Articulate Earth 42x30cm Framed
This abstract painting features four vertical orange stripes with pink edges surrounded by a brush textured dark purple background.
4 Stripes on Canvas 35x35cm
Four pen and ink tracings of brick paver corner, each coloured with a different watercolour wash.
Found Brick series
each 29.5x21cm
framed A4 abstract painting featuring the circular shape of a concrete saw highlighted in dark hues, surrounded by textured layers of natural dyes and blue watercolour washes.
Dreaming of Blue Skies 42x30cm
An abstract painting featuring a central irregular rectangular shape in muted purple tones, surrounded by a green wash, with a textured dirty yellow background.
Off-cut, 42x30cm
Abstract painting featuring swirling shapes with shades of blue grey, brown, red and yellow against a pink background. Based on, but with very little resemblance to, a photo of a squashed Queensland cane toad
Toad on the Road 30x40cm
Abstract landscape painting featuring rolling hills in shades of green and brown, with a blue-grey sky and a lone dark tree on one hill
Scottsdale Landscape Framed 42x60cm

These paintings represent examples of my ongoing research into abstract shapes and my love of experimenting with different processes and materials. I continued to make work on my ‘tabletop studio‘ because of space and convenience. Much of my process continues to be chance based, this year with the use of natural dyes and found objects on A4 or A3 paper. I still find the random stripes process attractive and there always seems to be one I am working on.